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Spinal Anatomy Practice Test 1 Flashcards

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  1. Consensual/direct light reflex involves which nucleus and which cranial nerves?

a. Superior salivatory nerve – CN III, IV
b. Superior salivatory nerve – CN II, III
c. Edinger westphal nerve – CN III, IV
d. Edinger westphal nerve – CN II, III

A

d. Edinger westphal nerve – CN II, III

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  1. Which cranial nerves are involved with the cough reflex?
    a. V, VII
    b. VII, IX
    c. IX, X
    d. X, XII
A

c. IX, X

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  1. The sneeze reflex involves which cranial nerve?
    a. III
    b. V
    c. VII
    d. X
A

b. V

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  1. Which lobe of the cerebellum is involved in balance?
    a. Anterior
    b. Posteriror
    c. Flocculonodular
    d. Vermes
A

c. Flocculonodular

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  1. Which capitis muscle is responsible for flexion of the head?
    a. Longus capitus
    b. Obliquus capitus
    c. Splenius capitus
    d. Semispinalis capitus
A

a. Longus capitus

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  1. What terminal division of the brachial plexus supplies nerve innervation to the thenar eminence?
    a. Median
    b. Radial
    c. Ulnar
    d. Musculocutaneous
A

a. Median

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  1. Which of these supplies nerve innervation to the hypothenar eminence?
    a. Median
    b. Radial
    c. Ulnar
    d. Musculocutaneous
A

c. Ulnar

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  1. What tract travels in the dorsal tracts of Lissauer?
    a. Pain
    b. Vibration
    c. Crude touch
    d. Acute touch
A

a. Pain

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  1. The lateral 3 ½ fingers have no sensory innervation, what occurs with supination of the hand?

a. Mildly weak supination
b. Inability to supinate
c. Normal supination
d. Moderately weak supination

A

c. Normal supination

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10
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  1. Pronator teres syndrome is caused by compression of which of the following nerves?
    a. Radial
    b. Ulnar
    c. Posterior interosseous
    d. Median
A

d. Median

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  1. Which muscle is responsible for the protraction of the scapula?
    a. Rhomboids
    b. Supraspinatus
    c. Serratus posterior
    d. Serratus anterior
A

d. Serratus anterior

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12
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  1. What nerve innervates the platysma?
    a. CN V
    b. CV VII
    c. CN IX
    d. CN X
A

b. CV VII

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13
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  1. Where does the temporalis muscle insert on the mandible?
    a. coronoid process
    b. Interarticular process
    c. Angle of the mandible
    d. Coracoid process
A

d. Coracoid process

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  1. Which of the following is NOT an infrahyoid muscle?
    a. Sternohyoid
    b. Thyroid hyoid
    c. Geniohyoid
    d. Sternohyoid
A

c. Geniohyoid

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  1. Which of these muscles is NOT found in the deep layer of back muscles?
    a. Splenius capitis
    b. Iliocostalis
    c. Multifidus
    d. Serratus posterior inferior
A

d. Serratus posterior inferior

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  1. The stylohyoid muscle is derived from which branchial arch?
    a. 1
    b. 2
    c. 3
    d. 4
A

b. 2

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  1. Which structure is derived from the III & IV pV pharyngeal pouches?
    a. Parathyroid
    b. Pharyngeal tympanic tube
    c. Palatine tonsil
    d. Middle ear cavity
A

a. Parathyroid

18
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  1. What is the result of a right posterior pre-central gyrus lesion?
    a. Loss of sensation on left arm
    b. Loss of sensation on left leg
    c. Loss of motor on left arm
    d. Loss of motor on left leg
A

c. Loss of motor on left arm

19
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  1. What artery supplies blood to the parietal and frontal lobes?
    a. Anterior communicating
    b. Anterior cerebral
    c. Middle cerebral
    d. Internal carotid
A

c. Middle cerebral

20
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  1. The eyes have roughly how many chemoreceptors?
    a. 10,000
    b. 25,000
    c. 75,000
    d. 100,000
A

d. 100,000

21
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  1. When is the pressure greatest on the lumbar spine?
    a. Sleeping prone
    b. Sleeping supine
    c. Standing
    d. Sitting
A

d. Sitting

22
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  1. If the foramen of ovale is occluded, which muscle will be affected?
    a. Orbicularis oculi
    b. Orbicularis oris
    c. Platysma
    d. Medial pterygoid
A

d. Medial pterygoid

23
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  1. The carotid tubercle is located at which vertebral level?
    a. C3
    b. C4
    c. C5
    d. C6
24
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  1. The terminal end of the basilar artery is the ______ artery.
    a. Middle cerebral
    b. Posterior communicating
    c. Vertebral
    d. Posterior cerebral
A

a. Middle cerebral

25
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  1. What is the origin of the liver bud of the liver?
    a. Foregut
    b. Midgut
    c. Hindgut
    d. Umbilical herniation
A

a. Foregut

26
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  1. The axillary nerve innervates which of the following muscles?
    a. Triceps
    b. Teres major
    c. Teres minor
    d. Subscapuar
A

c. Teres minor

27
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  1. The axillary nerve supplies sensory innervation to which part of the arm?
    a. Lateral brachial
    b. Medial brachial
    c. Lateral antebrachial
    d. Median antebrachial
A

a. Lateral brachial

28
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  1. The termination of the posterior longitudinal ligament occurs at the ______ in the spine ?
    a. lumbosacral
    b. Sacrum
    c. Coccyx
    d. Dural sac
A

a. lumbosacral

29
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  1. The connection of the metencephalic structures occurs by which of the following?
    a. Superior cerebellar peduncles
    b. Middle cerebellar peduncles
    c. Inferior cerebellar peduncles
    d. Brachium conjunctivum
A

b. Middle cerebellar peduncles

30
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  1. The anterior attachment of the tentorium cerebelli is:
    a. galea aponeurotica
    b. Falx cerebri
    c. Inion
    d. Glabella
A

b. Falx cerebri

31
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  1. The ligament that prevents over rotation of the C2 attaches to what structure? structure ?
    a. Atlas anterior arch
    b. Atlas posterior arch
    c. Body of axis
    d. Odontoid of axis
A

d. Odontoid of axis

32
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  1. The upper cervical ligament that is a remnant of the notochord is which of the following ?
    a. alar ligament
    b. Post atlanto-occipital
    c. Apical dental
    d. Anterior atlanto-occipital
A

c. Apical dental

33
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  1. The mid shift articulation between the radius and ulna is classified as which type of joint ?
    a. Planar
    b. Pivot
    c. Synarthrosis
    d. Syndesmosis
A

d. Syndesmosis

34
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  1. If a person rotates their head it is detected by ______.
    a. Crista ampularis
    b. Macule
    c. Saccule
    d. Utricle
A

a. Crista ampularis

35
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  1. The maxillary sinus drains into which of the following?
    a. superior nasal meatus
    b. Middle nasal meatus
    c. Inferior nasal meatus
    d. Superior ethmoid bone
A

b. Middle nasal meatus

36
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  1. The fiber of the white rami communicantes is what size?
    a. A-alpha
    b. A-Gamma
    c. B
    d. C
37
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  1. The vertebral column is derived from:
    a. splanchnic myotomes
    b. Somatic myotomes
    c. Dermatomes
    d. Sclerotomes
A

d. Sclerotomes

38
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  1. The ligament that runs form occiput to sacrum is which of the following?
    a. Capsular
    b. Flavum
    c. ALL
    d. PLL
A

a. Capsular

39
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  1. Which ligament when hypertrophied can compress the anterior spinal artery?
    a. PLL
    b. ALL
    c. Ligamentum flavum
    d. Anterior atlanto-axial ligament
40
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  1. Which ligament when hypertrophied can compress the posterior spinal artery?
    a. PLL
    b. ALL
    c. Ligamentum flavum
    d. Anterior atlanto-axial ligament
A

c. Ligamentum flavum

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